Black Boy Capítulo cuatro

After reading the fourth chapter in Black Boy, and having time to thnk about the question, why Richard felt gratified after sharing his writing, I concluded that I still don't really know. The only things that I could think of is that when you share something that you've created with someone, and you see that they may not understand, but are at least pondering and thinking about it, then that is gratifying. They are considering the work you created worthwhile. I think Richard is also proud of the fact that this was a piece of literature that he made up and it was still bomb.com (Maggie).We already know from previous chapter that Richard was enchanted by the stories Ella told him about, and how he kind of forgot about the real world and merged into a fictional one. After going through so much with his childhood and the religious pressures that were being put upon him during this time, he kind of just wrote something that got him away from this world, and became a part of that fictional one and in result he created a work of art that he enjoyed and had love for. Other than that, I'm stumped on why else he could have been gratified. I think there may be a tie in with the whole chapter having to do with religion and how it was being forced upon him; I don't think it lacks importance.